PORTSMOUTH — Citing the need for additional time for counsel to prepare, a probable cause hearing for an Eliot, Maine, man facing seven charges of possession of child pornography was continued and rescheduled Tuesday at Portsmouth Circuit Court.

Daryl Robertson, 38, of 565 River Road, Eliot, Maine, is now scheduled to appear in court for this hearing on March 20.

Robertson is currently being held on $50,000 cash and $150,000 personal recognizance bail following his arraignment, which was a result of an investigation resulting in the discovery of what officials are calling “explicit” child pornography images.

A U.S. Postal Inspection Service agent brought the case to the attention of Greenland Police Chief Tara Laurent, the town of Robertson's former residence, where the images were allegedly found on a disk found in the man's former bedroom.

The former St. Thomas Aquinas music teacher was arrested in 2008 for a charge of sexual assault involving a former student. Attorney Alan Cronheim, who represented Robertson at that time, is representing him again in this case.

Last week, Mark Sisti, a principal partner at Sisti Law Offices where Cronheim practices law, said no further comment regarding this case would be made by his office.

In 2009, Robertson was acquitted of the sexual assault charge after a jury at the superior court level found him not guilty based on the same facts that earned him a conviction in Portsmouth District Court.

It is unclear at this time whether or not the annulment sought by Robertson following his acquittal has actually been granted, though there is also uncertainty about what parts of his criminal record could be shared if that annulment was in fact granted.

Furthermore, an annulment would make it unclear as to whether Robertson technically even has a criminal record.

The probable cause hearing scheduled for March 20 will take place at Portsmouth Circuit Court at a time to be determined.